ACCESSIBILITY OF UG IN THE ACQUISITION OF WORD ORDER PARAMETER

Dilsah KALAY

Kütahya Dumlupinar University

Ms. Dilsah KALAY is currently an instructor at Kutahya Dumlupinar University, Turkey and simultaneously a doctoral student at Eskisehir Anadolu University, Turkey. Born in Kutahya, Turkey, Ms. Kalay was educated at Kutahya Anatolian Teachers' Training High School, Turkey and graduated with Bachelors Degree in Foreign Languages Education in Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Following her Bachelors' degree, Ms. Kalay worked at Izmir Katip Celebi University for a while and started her profession at Kutahya Dumlupinar University as a lecturer. During her career, Ms. Kalay preferred to continue her education in Anadolu University at department of Foreign Languages with an integrated doctoral program.

Abstract

There has been an ongoing debate on the accessibility of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition and thus the linguists examining different aspects of SLA present differing perspectives on accessibility of UG in... [ view full abstract ]

Summary

The present study investigates the acquisition of English constituent order structures by beginner level prep. school students. According to the findings, UG is accessible; however as expected with beginner level learners, L1... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Dilsah KALAY (Kütahya Dumlupinar University)

Topic Area

Language Systems: Vocabulary and Grammar

Session

OS-4D » Concurrent 4-D (13:45 - Saturday, 15th April, ÖFB Özger Arnas)

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